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Beholding the Museum As a Work of Art

Museums can provide opportunities for reflection and moments of insight, not only about the art on display, but about ourselves, and the world we live in. ~Carole Henry In today’s digital world, it’s easy to “virtually” visit museums on-line without... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at Monthly Mentor

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FTC Palette: A Tool for Deeper Engagement

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. ~Mark Van Doren Palettes are highly useful tools--whether for a painter or graphic designer as well as cargo distributors, interior decorators, or anyone choosing to put on make-up. For an... Continue reading

Posted May 14, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Seeing more than meets the eye…

It is not enough to believe what you see, you must also understand what you see --Leonardo Da Vinci Living in today’s rapidly-changing, digital age, where popular culture’s preoccupation with transformation, talent, and innovation, compels a need for vision and... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Final Thoughts...

Unfortunately my time as the NAEA monthly blogger is coming to a close…the idealistic, overachieving side of me had wanted me to attempt another entry today, that didn’t happen. I hope some of my experiences as a first year teacher... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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New Eyes Discovery

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. --Marcel Proust I’m delighted to have this opportunity to reflect on issues we face as 21st century professional art educators. My emphasis will... Continue reading

Posted May 1, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Classroom Management: Take Three and Aack! Student Art Show!

It’s been almost a week since my last post, so by now I’ve taught each class (all 25 of ‘em!) my new “Give me Five” procedure and I’m to the point where I am reviewing it during this second week.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Classroom Management: Take Two, and Monster Making with Kinders

First of all, thank you to everyone who has commented with supportive remarks and ideas!! I’ve ordered a copy of “ENVoY” by Michael Grinders to check out his nonverbal classroom management techniques and I’ll let you know how my changes... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Classroom Management: Take One

I’m slightly ashamed to admit that my central classroom management strategy thus far this year has been “survive.” I know a few of the standard techniques but for the most part I’ve been relying on instinct and focusing on my... Continue reading

Posted Apr 5, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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“It won’t happen to me.”

Despite the climbing unemployment rates, the amount of my friends applying to graduate school, and number of districts cutting “non-academic” classes like art and music, it never occurred to me that I would have a hard time finding a job.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 2, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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The end of our journey…

I cannot believe yet another month has flown by, and April is just around the corner. I have enjoyed the rigorous activity of preparing what I hope have been meaningful “conversations” this month. Thank you for joining me along this... Continue reading

Posted Mar 29, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Creating QR Codes

As promised in my last post, here are the instructions on how I have students create an audio file that is linked to a QR Code. I apologize to the PC users out there, these instructions are for Mac, because... Continue reading

Posted Mar 27, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Communicating Learning with Parents & the Community

Today's post is likely motivated by the fact that this week we have Parent/Teacher/Student conferences in our district. I am proud to say that we have an amazing turnout for our conferences K-12. Many districts have high turnout for the... Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Education, in general, is filled with acronyms that utilize nearly every letter of our alphabet. Some of the acronym buzzwords are PLC (Professional Learning Community) and PLN (Personal Learning Network). Either way, both are designed to improve instruction and learning,... Continue reading

Posted Mar 22, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Art class....online?

So now that the class I’ve described is no longer in its infancy, and I have tweaked a number of unknowns when I began. What is next? My principal and I have talked about the possibility of this becoming a... Continue reading

Posted Mar 20, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Visual Culture...The Class

You have seen lots of words about this Visual Culture class, so I think it is time to show you some images. Here are some samples of work created by my students during the launch of the class in the... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Visual Culture - Part 3

OK. Spring Break is winding down, so let’s get back to Visual Culture. Where did my passion for Visual Culture lead? A newly developed class for my high school students, of course. I was fascinated (and somewhat mesmerized) that Kerry... Continue reading

Posted Mar 15, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Ah…Spring Break…what a nice way to end the NAEA convention. I have a few extra days to debrief, regroup and put all the things I did, saw and learned into a format that will benefit my students. So, what exactly... Continue reading

Posted Mar 13, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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The Convention - Part 2

Wow! What a convention! Texas definitely does things in a BIG way. Hospitality reigns supreme in the Lone Star state. As I sit at a DFW termina on Sunday afternoon, I start my reflection of the last few days. Texas... Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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March 8 Convention

I believe the convention will be path #3 for us this month, but fear not. We will get back to Visual Culture a little later in the month. This isn't my first time in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, but it... Continue reading

Posted Mar 8, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Visual Culture - Part 2

The experience I had with the Sprint® commercial was just another steppingstone on my journey toward a heightened interest in Visual Culture. It was not always referred to as Visual Culture in the beginning of my career. In fact, I... Continue reading

Posted Mar 6, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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The second path I want to journey down is my passion for Visual Culture and how that ties into our classrooms. Let’s kick off with a little about my passion for Visual Culture. It was probably always lurking in the... Continue reading

Posted Mar 4, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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It’s Youth Art Month!

With the start of a new month, so goes the start of a new adventure … blogging as NAEA’s “Monthly Mentor.” There are so many directions that I could take and will likely lead you down a couple paths or... Continue reading

Posted Mar 1, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Future Leaders in Visual Art

A great leader once stated in his opening speech at the NAEA conference that we must “hand our leaders forward.” Barry Shauck, the current past-president of the NAEA, gave a powerful speech that day about leadership and the importance of... Continue reading

Posted Feb 27, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Classroom Management

At last year’s NAEA conference in NY, I co-presented a workshop called Classroom Management 101: A Positive Approach. I began this workshop in my county two years ago out of a necessity to help our art teachers decrease the amount... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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Multiple Schools/Art On A Cart

One very important part of my job is recruiting, interviewing, and training all of the teachers new to our county. During the last six years, I have worked hard to increase my level of support to new teachers, especially at... Continue reading

Posted Feb 15, 2013 at Monthly Mentor

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